Apple realized that the latest iTunes had a lot of bugs that could allow a hacker to do some damage so they released the 10.5 variant of the application to fix all the weaknesses. Unfortunately, OSX users will only benefit from the new features, while the security patches will be available in the future version of th... |
12 October 2011
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A recent experiment has proven that electronic voting machines can be easily tampered with physically, in order to gain total control of the balloting process. The alarming thing is that in just a couple of minutes, using $10(€7) worth of electronic components, the machine can be overtaken by the attacker.
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28 September 2011
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A recent study shows that because of mistyped email addresses a lot of important information could be sent into the wrong hands.Domain typo‐squatting is widely used by spammers and hackers to spread out malicious messages to those who mistype a letter in the name of an address. The new type of scam, using Doppelgange... |
12 September 2011
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Tor Project have released the first stable version of their HTTPS Everywhere Firefox extension which enforces secure connections.Many websites, especially the big ones, have been offering full-session HTTPS for a while now, but not as a default option. Because of this ... |
5 August 2011
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A security researcher plans to demonstrate at the upcoming Black Hat security conference a vulnerability that can be used by a malicious user to launch Man-in-the-Middle attacks on a WPA2-protected WLAN. The flaw, dubbed 'Hole 196' is is described as a key loophole in the WPA2 wireless security protocol.Acc... |
26 July 2010
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A serious design flaw in the SSL and TLS protocols has been kept secret since its discovery in August. Major technology companies have been privately informed and are working on patches under a non-disclosure agreement since the end of September.The issue is caused by authentication gaps that get created during SSL a... |
5 November 2009
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In a research project carried at Microsoft, developers broke numerous secure HTTPS connections using a man-in-the-middle attack with the aid of a specially configured proxy. Based on the results of this research, security experts from SecurityFocus revealed several vulnerabilities found in all major modern browsers.T... |
11 August 2009
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